US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California, University of Florida Research Foundation on July 15 for "Compositions and methods for expressing otoferlin" (Florida, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,221, issued on July 15, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.) and University of Florida Research Foundation Inc. (Gainesville, Fla.).

"Compositions and methods for expressing otoferlin" was invented by Sanford L. Boye (Gainesville, Fla.), Frank M. Dyka (Gainesville, Fla.), William W. Hauswirth (Gainesville, Fla.) and Omar Akil (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are methods and compositions for expressing Otoferlin, e.g., utilizing adeno-associated viral (AAV) particles. Such methods and compositions may be useful for treatment of diseases such as Deafness, Autosomal R...